John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:60
Kirjathbaal, (which is Kirjathjearim,) ,.... Of Kirjathbaal, and its several names; see Gill on Joshua 15:9 , and Rabbah , of which we nowhere else read; for this is a very different city from the Rabbah of the children of Ammon, 2 Samuel 12:26 , two cities with their villages ; why these are reckoned by themselves is not certain. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 15:20-63
We have here a list of the several cities that fell within the lot of the tribe of Judah, which are mentioned by name, that they might know their own, and both keep it and keep to it, and might neither through cowardice nor sloth lose the possession of what was their own. I. The cities are here named, and numbered in several classes, which they then could account for the reason of better than we can now. Here are, 1. Some that are said to be the uttermost cities towards the coast of Edom,... read more